11/3/12 - Several members of the local chapter of the American Red Cross will be heading out east to help deal with the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy. Four volunteers from the Livingston County chapter left for the East Coast on Friday, with several more planning on joining them in the coming days. They will join more than 3,000 American Red Cross trained disaster relief workers providing hundreds of thousands of meals and tens of thousands of shelter stays for those displaced by the storm. The American Red Cross responds to an average of 70,000 emergency situations of all sizes every year. Local Red Cross workers are also warning residents of fraudulent telephone solicitors claiming to be affiliated with the Red Cross. Executive Director Renee Wyatt says the local chapter is glad that people want to help with the relief effort, but urges people to seek out legitimate and secure methods of donation. (TD)
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